by SomethingElse on Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:10 pm
* My mum. Depression, bipolar, whatever her problem is, I'm getting really fed up with it. The atmosphere is unbearable.
* Gnats. I've got so many bites, I itch all over, it's really annoying! I also can't stand the buzzing noise they make and, despite the fact they might not even bite your face on a particular night, they still insist on buzzing around your head. It's like they WANT you to know they're there, and that they'll be feasting on you, and there's little you can go about it short of bothering to get up, turn the light on, hunt them out and kill them. I can't even use insect spray because my rats are in my room (doubt it would do them much good to breathe it in).
* London Underground at the weekends. It seems like they're making it their ultimate goal to attempt to strand me in my town. If I didn't have OH I'd not be able to go anywhere as I'd have to take alternative routes (I don't mind doing this so much when with another person). I'll be able to get to band practise this weekend without too much fuss, but some of my plans to use the tube at the weekend had to be completely abandoned.
* My card kept being declined (in shops and at a cash point when I tried to check my balance and take some cash out), so I had to go to the bank to ask them what was the matter. I checked my balance so I knew I had money in there, I just couldn't access it! Turns out that someone had been trying to use my card (well, either a copy of it or the details) to buy things. Luckily, the bank had realised that the purchases were 'suspicious' and had declined all of them, but they'd also had to lock my card (the person had tried to spend over £800 in two transactions, and there were another three or four transactions on the 'dodgy' list! I didn't have the funds for the two big transactions, anyway!). It would have been nice to get a call from them to ask about this (okay, so I don't like talking on the phone, but I'd gone at least a week with a locked card because I couldn't get to a bank because I needed someone to come with me and didn't even get to check my bank balance for the same reason - needed someone to come to cash point). Mostly I'm relieved that I haven't lost any money, so it's not too big a complaint, but it is quite inconvenient as I'll have to change my details on any sites I use to buy things and I'm still waiting for my new card, meaning I have to borrow money or take ID to the bank to get any money out. And before finding out what happened I'd spent about a week worrying that I had no monies!